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China Issues Sweeping New Supply Chain Protections
China’s State Council on Tuesday issued a directive aimed at strengthening its global supply chains against espionage and global trade barriers. The rules give national agencies the power to instigate security investigations against foreign countries and international organizations if they “adopt ...
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Spanish Prime Minister to Make Fourth Trip to China in as Many Years
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will make his fourth trip to China in as many years this month, as had been widely expected, as Madrid seeks to build on its commercial ties with the world's second-largest economy. Sanchez will visit China from April 11 to 15, and ...
Trump Will Pursue Stability With China’s Xi in May Meeting, USTR Greer Says
By David Lawder and Doina Chiacu The U.S. economic and trade relationship with China is stable, and President Donald Trump will aim to keep it that way in a meeting next month with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson ...
China Issues E-Commerce Guidance After EU Lawmakers’ Visit
China issued guidance on Monday for its e-commerce sector that seeks to coordinate domestic development with international markets, a week after a delegation of European lawmakers visited to discuss related challenges and competition. European Union lawmakers had pressed China about a surge of dangerous products that ...
Pressure Builds on China Over Hormuz
China is coming under sharper pressure to do more in the Strait of Hormuz as the waterway’s disruption drags on and outside powers increasingly point to Beijing’s energy stake in the crisis. French Navy chief Admiral Nicolas Vaujour said China’s current approach—limited ...
Graph via Foreign Affairs, based on Arab Barometer data
Worry about the Trump administration’s decision-making is leading the public around the world to see China as an increasingly attractive counter-option. This is the main takeaway from three large public opinion polls released recently. The annual Gallup poll of 130 countries is the largest of ...
China Issues Sweeping New Supply Chain Protections
China’s State Council on Tuesday issued a directive aimed at strengthening its global supply chains against espionage and global trade barriers. The rules give national agencies the power to instigate security investigations against foreign countries and international organizations if they “adopt ...
Spanish Prime Minister to Make Fourth Trip to China in as Many Years
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will make his fourth trip to China in as many years this month, as had been widely expected, as Madrid seeks to build on its commercial ties with the world's second-largest economy. Sanchez will visit China from April 11 to 15, and ...
Trump Will Pursue Stability With China’s Xi in May Meeting, USTR Greer Says
By David Lawder and Doina Chiacu The U.S. economic and trade relationship with China is stable, and President Donald Trump will aim to keep it that way in a meeting next month with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson ...
China Issues E-Commerce Guidance After EU Lawmakers’ Visit
China issued guidance on Monday for its e-commerce sector that seeks to coordinate domestic development with international markets, a week after a delegation of European lawmakers visited to discuss related challenges and competition. European Union lawmakers had pressed China about a surge of dangerous products that ...
Pressure Builds on China Over Hormuz
China is coming under sharper pressure to do more in the Strait of Hormuz as the waterway’s disruption drags on and outside powers increasingly point to Beijing’s energy stake in the crisis. French Navy chief Admiral Nicolas Vaujour said China’s current approach—limited ...
Chinese Ships Resume Hormuz Passage, but Traffic Remains Far Below Prewar Levels
Chinese ships are again moving through the Strait of Hormuz, but only in a narrow and uneven way that underscores how far traffic remains from prewar norms. Two COSCO-linked container ships exited the Gulf on Monday after an earlier aborted attempt, becoming ...
Chinese Container Ships Pass Through Strait of Hormuz at Second Attempt, Data Shows
Two Chinese container ships sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday on their second attempt to leave the Gulf after turning back on Friday, ship-tracking data showed. The critical waterway has effectively been shut since the U.S.-Israeli war ...
Vietnam and China Lay the Tracks for Deeper Trade Connectivity
By Duan Haosheng On 19 December 2025, Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son pressed the ceremonial start button to launch the Lao Cai–Hanoi–Hai Phong railway. The 390-kilometre railway, backed by
China’s Economic Relationship With Africa Is Entering a New Phase
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng was in Kenya this week, where he oversaw the first shipment of agricultural products that will enter the Chinese market duty-free. There's a lot of excitement across the continent about China's removal of all import tariffs ...
China Urges WTO Members to Rise Against ‘Unilateralism and Protectionism’
China called on Thursday on countries gathered for a high-level World Trade Organization meeting in Cameroon to battle protectionism and attacks on a multilateral trading system facing an "existential challenge". Speaking at the opening of the WTO's ministerial meeting in Yaounde, ...
Han Zheng Heads to South Africa for High-Level Bilateral Talks
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng is in South Africa this week to co-chair the ninth South Africa-China Bi-National Commission with Deputy President Paul Mashatile in Cape Town, part of a three-country African tour that also includes Kenya and Seychelles. South Africa’s government ...
Kenya Finalizes China Trade Deal as Ruto Pushes Export Access
Kenya says it has finalized negotiations on a bilateral trade deal with China that will give 98% of Kenyan exports duty-free access to the Chinese market, a move President William Ruto says will help narrow a trade relationship long tilted toward Beijing. ...